I am an experienced secondary English teacher. My resources focus around the new AQA specification for KS4 and the majority of my KS3 schemes also aim to build the skills needed to work towards the AQA GCSE. I am a huge fan of engaging pupils and my lessons therefore focus around this aspect of teaching.
I am an experienced secondary English teacher. My resources focus around the new AQA specification for KS4 and the majority of my KS3 schemes also aim to build the skills needed to work towards the AQA GCSE. I am a huge fan of engaging pupils and my lessons therefore focus around this aspect of teaching.
Two lessons on Storm on the Island from the new AQA specification Power and Conflict cluster. Lessons include engaging activities that lead to full annotations of the poem.
Two engaging lessons on the poem Bayonet Charge from the Power and Conflict cluster of the new AQA specification poetry exam. Lessons include complete annotations of the poem and engaging activities to understand the content.
Two lessons on Wilfred Owen's 'Exposure' from the AQA Power and Conflict Poetry Cluster on the new specification. Lessons include engaging activities that lead to full annotations of the poem plus exam question practice.
A complete scheme of work including a PowerPoint and resources for the new AQA specification Power and Conflict Poetry. PowerPoint includes two lessons per poem on:
1) Bayonet Charge
2) Exposure
3) Extract from the Prelude
4) London
5) My Last Duchess
6) Ozymandias
7) Poppies
8) Remains
9) Storm on the Island
10) The Charge of the Light Brigade
11) Tissue
12) War Photographer
The scheme also includes regular chances to practice comparison skills through practice answers and includes model answers.
An introduction to war and conflict poetry for key stage three. An average of four lessons per poem on the following poems:
Exposure
War Photographer
Suicide in the Trenches
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Invasion
and a final lesson based around designing a war advertisement (John Lewis style)
This is a scheme of work consisting of 24 lessons based around teaching the entire ‘A Christmas Carol’ novel to the new AQA exam specification, including an 187 page PowerPoint presentation with very detailed lessons and all resources and worksheets included.
This is a scheme of work aiming to teach skills needed for the new AQA specification narrative and descriptive writing section of language paper one.
There are six weeks worth of lessons over a 278 slide PowerPoint Presentation, including all resources, worksheets and homework suggestions.
The schemes runs through:
• Introduction to Creative and Narrative Writing
• Writing in different perspectives
• Using tenses
• Creative effective dialogue
• Descriptive Writing
• Creating effective characters
• Writing an opening to a story
There are also many spelling, punctuation and grammar activities throughout the lessons to help improve common errors.
The scheme uses contemporary texts and movies as inspiration for creative writing and is aimed at key stage 4, from year 9 upwards. It is especially designed to engage boys in creative writing but works equally well with girls.
A double (2x 50 minute) lesson on Kamikaze based around the new AQA specification poetry cluster: Power and Conflict. The lesson was rated outstanding. It is aimed a top set year 10/11 class but could be differentiated down easily. It focuses on challenge for higher ability.
It aims to teach the poem in its entirety and sets students up for completed an extended response at the end of the lesson.
It also contains a model answer in response to an exam style question.
This is a whole scheme of work for the new AQA specification exam paper on Macbeth. It consists of a powerpoint which has 236 slides with complete lessons on. All resources are also included for these lessons such as worksheets, practice exam papers and model answers.
A thirty lesson scheme which teaches the entire Of Mice and Men novel, with a focus on the new AQA specification. Although this text is no longer an exam text, this is a useful scheme to teach to key stage three, particularly year nine to develop skills needed in years ten and eleven.